Nehemiah 11

The Leaders and Servants in Jerusalem

¹Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the other nine’s place was in the other cities.

²And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

³These are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each one lived on his property in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.[#Or “sons”]

⁴And some from the descendants of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;[#Or “sons”; #Or “sons”; #Or “sons”]

⁵and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Jehoiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.[#Or “descendant”]

⁶All of the descendants of Perez who were living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight able-bodied men.[#Or “sons”]

⁷These are the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah.[#Or “sons”]

⁸And following after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

⁹And Joel son of Zicri, their chief officer; and Judah son of Hassenuah, second in command over the city.

¹⁰From the priests: Jedaiah son of Jehoiarib, Jakin,

¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub—the leader of the house of God—

¹²and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two. And Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah,

¹³and his brothers, heads of the families, two hundred and forty-two. And Amashai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,[#Literally “fathers”]

¹⁴and their brothers; mighty warriors of strength, one hundred and twenty-eight. The chief officer over them was Zabdiel son of Hagedolim.

¹⁵Now from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;

¹⁶and Shabbethai and Jehozabad, leaders over the work of the Levites outside of the house of God;

¹⁷Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving prayer, and Bakbukiah the second of his brothers; Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.[#Or “descendant”]

¹⁸All of the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

¹⁹The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, the keepers of the gates, one hundred and seventy-two.

²⁰And the remainder of Israel, the priests and the Levites, in all of the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.

²¹But the temple servants were living on the Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.

²²The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the descendants of Asaph, the singers over the work of the house of God.[#Or “sons”]

²³For there was a command of the king concerning them and a regulation concerning the singers, required day by day.[#Literally “a word for a day on his day”]

²⁴And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the hand of the king in all matters concerning the people.[#Or “sons”]

Villages Outside of Jerusalem

²⁵As for the villages in their territories, some from the descendants of Judah lived in Kiriath-Arba and its settlements, Dibon and its settlements, Jekabzeel and its settlements,[#Or “sons”; #Literally “its daughters”; #Literally “its daughters”; #Literally “its daughters”]

²⁶Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,

²⁷Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its settlements,[#Literally “its daughters”]

²⁸Ziklad, Meconah and its settlements,[#Literally “its daughters”]

²⁹En-Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuch,

³⁰Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its settlements. So they camped from Beersheba up to the Valley of Hinnom.[#Literally “their daughters”; #Literally “its daughters”]

³¹The descendants of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and their settlements,[#Or “sons”; #Literally “their daughters”]

³²Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

³⁵Lod, and Ono the valley of the artisans.

³⁶And from the Levites the working groups of Judah were assigned to Benjamin.